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And the "friends" include Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Recorded in front of a studio audience in London in 1985, Perkins never needed six guitarists back at Sun Studios in the '50s, and producer Dave Edmunds should have booted out half of them. But Perkins is in vigorous voice, a quiffed-up George turns out to be a total rockabilly king, and when the Teds start jiving in the aisles, it's irresistible.

Second album from US producer, remixer and DJ takes a song-based approach

Unusual album of cover versions from idiosyncratic not-quite folkie

Dropped-out folk singer's final solo album from 1972

Meticulously eccentric compilation of psychedelic rare groove

For all their recorded lushness—and was there a more pristine '80s bauble than The Lexicon Of Love?—ABC never quite nailed the visuals. The Jerome K Jerome river-larks of "The Look Of Love" and cartoon capery of "How To Be A Millionaire" aside, it was disappointingly standard fare: Martin Fry doing lost and lovelorn while being cold-shouldered by aloof waifs. As the decade (and the hits) thinned out, the videos almost stopped trying altogether.

Awesome rebirth of original Country Queen, produced and arranged by The White Stripes' Jack White

Sixth album from California's desert-dwelling husband-and-wife team

San Francisco theatrical rock troupe in cult iconic shock

13-track compilation features newly discovered track and a little dubious tinkering